New York Brown Trout (pics)

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New York Brown Trout (pics)

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Today I went down to a small creek in New York State. This creek has wild and stocked browns. When I got there about 2:30 there was a sparse hatch with a few big March Browns (#12) and either smaller Light Cahills or Grey Foxes (#14), dosen't really matter because both are so close in appearance - tan/yellow in colour.

I found a nice run that had a nice gravel bottom and a long riffle flowing into a nice deep run, the opposite side deeper with a bit of wood for cover. The shallow side I cast from had a few high tufts of grass that I was able to use for cover. The whole stretch was about 100 yards long. As the afternoon wore on the Cahills started hatching more frequently - not heavy just steady all afternoon and evening.

I fished to risers and worked up and down the whole stretch. I must have caught maybe 15 browns from 10"-14", some wild, some stocked, all released. They were still plenty of trout rising when I pulled out for another spot but I think it's poor ethics to fish the beejeezus out of a place just because you can. Even if you release the fish.

I moved to a downstream looking for bigger trout with no luck. Moved to another spot and caught a half dozen more before I called it a night around 8 pm. Maybe I could have caught a big one had I stayed but I had a good day anway, besides I was out of Cahills.

A couple pics of the stretch I fished.

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A couple browns.

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Post by Fishboy »

Lovely browns, Ganman.....looks like a nice stretch of water, too.
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Beauty browns Ganman!
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Those trout were caught on a 3 weight and most jumped several times. On some streams I fish the browns jump alot on others seldom. One stream I'll try to get to soon has wild rainbows that jump like crazy. Brookies rarely jump.
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